Wire reeling and stretching machine.



Patented Apr. I, I902.

H. ,0. LAND. WIRE BEELING AND STRETCHING MACHINE.

(Application filed Aug. 14. 1901.)

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WIRE REELING AND STRETCHING MACHINE.

(Application filed Aug. 14. 1901.

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(No Model.)

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(Application filed Au 14, 1901.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIciE.

HENRY CLAY LAND, OF NEWTON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.

WIRE REELING AND STRETCHING MACHINE.

SPEGlLEIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,906, dated April1, 1902.

Application filed August 14., 1901. Serial No. 72,058. No model.

T0 (tZZ whom it rncty concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY CLAY LAND, acitizen of the United States,residing in the county of Newton and State of Mississippi, have inventeda new and useful WVire Reeling and Stretching Machine, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in wirereeling machines.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofwire-reeling machines and to provide a simple and comparativelyinexpensive one designed to be ap-.

plied to and operatively carried by the rear portion of a wagon-body,which may be used for transporting spools of barbed wire and othermaterial employed in the construction of fences.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wire-reeling machineof this character which will also be capable of stretching a series offence-wires and of holding the same while they are being stapled orotherwise secured to the fence-post and of supporting the wires at thedesired elevation to maintain the desired interval between them.

The invention consists in the construction of arrangement of the severalparts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rear portion of awagon-body, showing the improved mechanism applied thereto, the adjacentwheel being broken away in parts. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of thearrangement of parts shown by Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of theimproved mechanism. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of a part of themechanism.

Similar numerals of reference are em ployed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates a wagon-body of any preferred form and havingthe improved mechanism applied to the rear portion thereof. If desired,the improved mechanism may be applied to a wagon-body as found in themarket, with the additions which will be hereinafter explained, or inthe primary construction of themechanism the framework may be extendedto form such body and provided with the usual running-gear and means forattaching draft-animals, by which themachine will be drawn ortransported from place to place.

At one side of the body 1 is an upright 2, and bolted to the top of thesame is an archbrace 3, having its forward extremity secured to the bodyin advance of the mechanism and its rear extremity attached to the topportion of the rear end of a framework 4 for holding the reels andstretching mechanism. This framework 4 comprises an intermediatehorizontally-disposed platform 5 and upper and lower plates 6 and 7,which havean intermediate vertically-arranged angle-brace Ssecuredthereto. The upper and lower plates 6 and 7 are also connected atsuitable interwhich a plurality of funnel-shaped guides 12 areadjustably mounted, the front and rear extremities of the guides beingflared, as clearly shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and each guide isprovided with a collar 13 at one side, movable on the bar 11 and held inits adjusted position by a set-screw or bolt 14:, which passes throughthe collar to impinge on the said bar. It is intended that the guides beadjusted at any angle in a horizontal plane to suit the direction of thewire fed therethrough'and to properly guide the wire in relation to theposts to which it is applied.

In the upper and lower portions of the framework 4: wire-carrying spoolsor reels 15 are mounted and held upon spindle-rods 16, which are engagedat one terminal by adj usting caps 17 to tighten against the adjacentreel or spool-head to prevent too slack movement of the spool or reel orto regulate the rotation of the latter in such manner as to prevent thewire from running off the same too rapidly. The caps 17 are well-knownstructural devices, and one of the same is clearly shown by Fig. 4, thesaid caps being used in this instance as a convenient means for securingthe reels in place and regulating the tension thereof. Thespindle-rodsand reel or spool are arranged in staggered rela: tion, asindicated by Fig. 2, so that the wire strands fed therefrom may be clearof adjawire strands. vratchet-and-pawl mechanism 23 for obvious centspools or reels, particularly the strands from the front spools orreels. The framework 4 extends partially above and partly below thehorizontal plane of the body 1, so that the reels or spools and thestrands that are fed therefrom may be brought in proper positionrelatively to the posts to which the said strands are applied. Theplatform 5 provides means for supporting an operator for convenience inarranging the spools in'the framework or otherwise threading andmanipulating the strands.

At the rear end of the framework 4, adjacent to the outer side of thesame, are two vertical supports 18, which are secured to the upper andlower plates 6 and 7 and spaced apart from each other a suitabledistance. The supports 18 provide bearings for the opposite extremitiesof the shafts 19 of winding-drums 20, adapted to be supplied with cables21 or the like having terminal grabhooks 22, only one of these cablesand grabhooks being shown. he of such form as to accurately engage thewires trands, having barbs, for instance, to exert a stretching tensionon the strand, though it will be understood that the machine is equallyadapted for use with smooth Each winding-drum 20 has a reasons, and theouter ends of the shafts 19 are extended beyond the outer support 18 andsquared or otherwise angularly shaped to removably receive an operatingcrank-handle 24. (Shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.)

- The present form of the machine is shown as equipped with four reelsor spools 15 and a like number of guides 12 and winding- .drums 20; butit will be understood that the number of said parts may be increased ordecreased at will, and, furthermore, the entire complement of suchdevices need not necessarily be used at one time, particularly inrepairing or adding extra strands or runners to a fence already put up.By having the reels or spools, guides, and drums at different elevationsthe elevation of a strand to be applied to the fence-post may be morenearly compensated for or better accommodated to facilitate the erectionof the fence, particularly in the stretching'operation, and by thismeans also complex adjusting mechanisms or attachments are dispensedwith.

When the wire strands are fed out, the machine will be propelled alongthe line the fence is to be erected, and if posts have already beenplaced thesaid strands can be The grab-hooks 22 will quickly stretchedover and secured to the same. The wagon is also designed to be providedwith means for erecting the posts in the ground, so that a fence maybequickly built.

In order to steady the rear portion of the wagon during thewire-stretching operation, a brace 61 is employed. This brace 61 ismovably attached at its upper end to the rear axle 62, and its lower endis provided with a fork 63 for engaging the ground.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In amachine of the class described, the combination with a wagon having aframework located at the rear end of the body, wirecarrying spoolsmounted on the framework, a series of vertically-adj ustable guidesmounted on the framework and located in rear of the wire-carryin gspools, and a vertical series of wire-stretching devices also mounted onthe framework, substantially as described.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a wagonhaving a framework extending from the rear portion of the wagonbody andprovided with spindle-rods adapted to receive spools of wire,averticalrod located in rear of the spindle-rods and provided atintervals with wire -receiving guides, said guides being adj ustablysecured to the vertical rod and capable of vertical adjustment, andmeans for stretching a series of wires, substantially as described.

3. In a fence-making machine the combination of a body having arearwardly-extending framework which extends above and below the planethereof and comprising upper and lower plates and an intermediate plat-'form to support an operator, and wire feeding and stretching devicesdisposed in said framework.

4. In a fence-making machine, the combination of a wagon-body having anupright at the rear portion thereof, a framework supported by saidupright and rear portion of the body and extending outwardly to the rearfrom the latter, an arch-brace secured to the body, upright and rearportion of the framework, and wire feeding and stretching devicescarried by said framework.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY CLAY LAND.

